Submitted by Jeremy Woznick, Star-Herald Sports Reporter
PHOENIX - Seven errors proved too much to overcome for the Western Nebraska Community College baseball team in a 9-5 setback to Glendale Community College on Friday in Phoenix. The seven errors were a season-high for the Cougars, who dropped to 13-15 on the season with the loss.
"It was a tough day. I think we had some tired legs and some tired arms out there and we weren't quite focused today," WNCC coach Mike Jones said. "We're going to chalk it up to a bad day and hopefully we'll play better baseball tomorrow."
The Cougars will be right back in action today against an all-star team out of British Columbia, Canada. First pitch of the nine-inning contest is scheduled for 11 a.m. WNCC will then close out its spring break trip on Sunday against nationally-ranked Central Arizona College.
In Friday's setback, the Cougars fell behind 4-0 through three innings before getting their first run of the game in the top of the fourth. WNCC plated two more runs in the sixth and added a run each in the eighth and ninth innings.
Aurelio Monteagudo paced the WNCC offense by going 2-for-5 with a double. Alex Arias also had a double. Ronald Miller went 1-for-3 with a run batted in and Vince Rouse drove in a pair of runs.
WNCC finished the contest with eight hits. Glendale pounded out 12 hits.
Victor Rubio took the loss on the mound. Rubio struck out three and allowed 11 hits in five innings of work. Luis Orta struck out two in two innings of work out of the bullpen before Marco Jiminez pitched a scoreless eighth.
On Thursday, WNCC split a pair of nine-inning contests. After dropping a 1-0 setback to South Mountain Community College, the Cougars earned a 12-8 win over Chandler-Gilbert Community College late Thursday night.
"Those were good ball games against two really good teams. It was nice to come out of it with a split and play so well for 18 innings," Jones said. "We had a little letdown today, but overall it's been a great trip for us so far. We're getting in a lot of baseball."
Jones said Gustavo Sanchez (2-1) will get the start on the mound today.
WNCC (13-15) 000 102 011 - 5 8 7
Gateway 211 121 10x - 9 12 0
LP - Victor Rubio (2-4).
2B - Alex Arias, Aurelio Monteagudo.
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